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In the Matter of Reyes

17 I&N Dec. 512 (B.I.A. 1980)
In the Matter of Reyes

11 Cited authorities

  1. Fiallo v. Bell

    430 U.S. 787 (1977)   Cited 656 times
    Holding that legislative classification addressing which parents of U.S. citizens qualify for "special preference immigration status" survived Mandel scrutiny, but without addressing whether plaintiffs were correct in claiming that the statute infringed various constitutional interests, including the asserted "fundamental constitutional interests of United States citizens and permanent residents in a familial relationship"

  2. Nazareno v. Attorney General of United States

    512 F.2d 936 (D.C. Cir. 1975)   Cited 24 times

    No. 74-1148. Argued January 15, 1975. Decided March 10, 1975. Mark A. Mancini, Washington, D.C., with whom Jack Wasserman and Benjamin M. Parker, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for appellants. Richard I. Chaifetz, Atty., Dept. of Justice, for appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Before LEVENTHAL and ROBINSON, Circuit Judges, and MARKEY, Chief Judge for the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals. Sitting by designation pursuant to 28

  3. Estate of Lund

    26 Cal.2d 472 (Cal. 1945)   Cited 55 times

    Docket No. S.F. 17000. May 31, 1945. APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Santa Clara County denying a petition for determination of heirship. M.G. Del Mutolo, Judge. Reversed with directions. Robert E. Hatch and Giannini, Callahan Giannini for Appellant. Simeon E. Sheffey for Respondent. SCHAUER, J. Bert A. Lund, petitioner herein, appeals on a settled statement from an order denying his petition to determine heirship. Petitioner was born the illegitimate (it is assumed) son of Andrew Lund

  4. Reyes v. Imm. Naturalization Serv.

    478 F. Supp. 63 (E.D.N.Y. 1979)   Cited 6 times

    No. 78 C 2210. October 18, 1979. Antonio C. Martinez, by Peter Hirsch, New York City, for plaintiff. Edward R. Korman, U.S. Atty., E.D.N.Y., Brooklyn, N.Y., by Elaine C. Buck, Asst. U.S. Atty., Brooklyn, N.Y., for defendant. MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER SIFTON, District Judge. This is an action for judicial review of a decision of the Immigration and Naturalization Service ("INS") denying plaintiff's petition to obtain a preferential immigration classification for his alleged acknowledged son, Joselito

  5. Peignand v. Immigration Naturalization Serv

    440 F.2d 757 (1st Cir. 1971)   Cited 13 times
    Holding that differences in matters of succession distinguished legitimation from acknowledgment in the statute at issue

  6. Matter of Vincent

    189 Misc. 489 (N.Y. Surr. Ct. 1947)   Cited 14 times

    April 17, 1947. John Esposito for Myra L. Vincent, as administratrix, petitioner. Cullen Cullen for Marie C.A.H. Vincent, respondent. Fred M. Ahern for State Tax Commission, respondent. McGAREY, S. The sole question presented for determination in this proceeding for the judicial settlement of the account of the administratrix is the status of the objectant who claims to be a daughter of decedent and entitled to share in his estate. The facts are not in dispute. Decedent died on July 30, 1945, and

  7. Matter of Tomacelli-Filomarino

    189 Misc. 410 (N.Y. Surr. Ct. 1947)   Cited 11 times
    In Matter of Vincent (189 Misc. 410, supra), Surrogate McGAREY recognized the principle discussed but held that if the statute of the foreign jurisdiction (Haiti) merely conferred on the child the right to inherit without conferring the status of legitimacy, New York as the domicile of the decedent and the situs of the property would not recognize the child as legitimate and therefore entitled to inherit by virtue of that specific requirement in our statutes governing descent and distribution.

  8. Vergnani v. Guidetti

    308 Mass. 450 (Mass. 1941)   Cited 16 times
    Finding admissible a copy of an Italian birth certificate bearing the consular seal of the Vice-Consul of Florence certifying the signatory, with proof that birth certificates are public records under Italian law, and "custodial certification that the copy to be offered in evidence conforms with the original"

  9. Pfeifer v. Wright

    41 F.2d 464 (10th Cir. 1930)   Cited 13 times
    In Pfeifer v. Wright, 41 F.2d 464 (10th Cir. 1930), for example, we explained that—as understood at common law—the legal process of "legitimation" involved taking "an illegitimate child," who "was without right even to the name of its natural father," and "placing the child in all respects upon the same footing as if begotten and born in wedlock."

  10. Section 1101 - Definitions

    8 U.S.C. § 1101   Cited 16,404 times   91 Legal Analyses
    Finding notice and comment rulemaking is required for the agency's interim rule recognizing fear of coercive family practices as basis for refugee status

  11. Section 1153 - Allocation of immigrant visas

    8 U.S.C. § 1153   Cited 1,166 times   10 Legal Analyses
    Determining an applicant's age as " the age of the alien on the date on which an immigrant visa number becomes available for such alien . . . but only if the alien has sought to acquire the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence within one year of such availability; reduced by (B) the number of days in the period during which the applicable petition . . . was pending"